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590 views|521 comparisons
0% willing to recommend
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4,054 views|2,461 comparisons
98% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Amazon Pinpoint and Salesforce Marketing Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"From my experience, Amazon Pinpoint's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy outbound projects quickly. It is easy to use when setting up outbound campaigns, allowing us to deploy solutions rapidly. It is easy to learn."

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"It is a great solution. I like its stability, scalability, and performance.""Datorama is part of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which is quite a valuable feature that provides customer analytics.""It is straightforward to set up.""Marketing Cloud has improved our productivity and our team enjoy using it.""The most valuable feature of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is the ability to sell the products we have made to customers. Overall the solution is very useful for business.""The solution is user-friendly.""The most valuable features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud are the ease of use of the basic features.""It is easy to send emails and SMS's."

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Cons
"In my opinion, Amazon Pinpoint needs improvement in several areas. It lacks many features that competitors like Genesys offer. For example, we cannot set up multiple campaign plans or switch campaigns from one set of customers to another. Additionally, reporting functionality needs to be improved."

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"I've noticed on one-to-one leads, the customer objection option is not available.""When you use your iPhone or Android phone, Salesforce is not as user-friendly as it could be. That UX needs to be improved.""The main action I want to do in Salesforce Marketing Cloud is to export data into Excel and use it. My company may have that feature locked down, or if the Excel data exporting function still isn't available in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, that's the feature I want.""The customization of Salesforce, a generic CRM software, has room for improvement.""An additional feature needed would be better capacity for personalization.""Marketing Cloud should change the script language that it uses because it's not good. It's tricky and difficult to develop.""The solution can have a better UI. Salesforce Marketing Cloud should consider making its solution more robust for error handling.""We'd like to see more integrations with third-party products."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Amazon Pinpoint itself is inexpensive. However, additional services that may be required in conjunction with it, such as custom reporting services, can be costly."
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  • "Its licensing is on an annual basis. Customers are okay with its licensing cost, and they don't find it expensive."
  • "We did a yearly license. We negotiated and got a great deal. I don't think we would have gotten far with the regular price, but they negotiated, so it was worth that."
  • "The licensing cost for the solution is on a yearly basis."
  • "Salesforce has different versions of the solution and some are more suitable for smaller clients. However, Salesforce is expensive."
  • "The solution is paid for monthly."
  • "It is a license per user."
  • "My company pays to use this solution."
  • "This solution is priced in the medium to high price range."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:From my experience, Amazon Pinpoint's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy outbound projects quickly. It is easy to use when setting up outbound campaigns, allowing us to deploy solutions… more »
    Top Answer:Amazon Pinpoint itself is inexpensive. However, additional services that may be required in conjunction with it, such as custom reporting services, can be costly.
    Top Answer:In my opinion, Amazon Pinpoint needs improvement in several areas. It lacks many features that competitors like Genesys offer. For example, we cannot set up multiple campaign plans or switch campaigns… more »
    Top Answer:Datorama is part of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which is quite a valuable feature that provides customer analytics.
    Top Answer:The price is expensive. When comparing available products, such as those on Amazon, it's evident that AWS components are significantly cheaper. This is especially true since our systems run on the AWS… more »
    Top Answer:Salesforce Marketing Cloud should include more point-and-click functionality. Currently, you need help from a technical developer to design email templates. Most people using Salesforce Marketing… more »
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    Overview

    Amazon Web Services offers a highly scalable, low-latency, globally distributed architecture. Amazon Pinpoint is built on this architecture, allowing you to send messages to your customers through multiple channels with confidence. You can use these channels to send messages to recipients all around the world.

    Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a comprehensive marketing automation platform that enables businesses to create personalized and targeted marketing campaigns across multiple channels. 

    With its robust set of tools and features, marketers can easily manage and automate their email marketing, social media advertising, mobile messaging, and customer journey mapping. 

    The platform offers advanced segmentation capabilities, allowing marketers to segment their audience based on various criteria and deliver tailored messages to each segment. 

    Additionally, Salesforce Marketing Cloud provides powerful analytics and reporting features, enabling marketers to track the performance of their campaigns and make data-driven decisions. 

    With its user-friendly interface and seamless integration with other Salesforce products, Marketing Cloud offers a seamless and efficient marketing automation solution for businesses of all sizes.

    Sample Customers
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    American Express, Financial Conduct Authority, KPN, Merck KGaA, Peterborough City Council, The Chapar, ADP, Financial Times, Stanley Black & Decker, SureFlap, Western Union, Philips
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Retailer7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company38%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Marketing Services Firm8%
    Non Profit8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization46%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise66%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise52%
    Large Enterprise35%
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    Amazon Pinpoint is ranked 8th in Marketing Management with 1 review while Salesforce Marketing Cloud is ranked 1st in Marketing Management with 51 reviews. Amazon Pinpoint is rated 6.0, while Salesforce Marketing Cloud is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon Pinpoint writes "Helps to manage outbound campaigns such as automated outgoing calls to end users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Marketing Cloud writes "Easy to deploy, stable, and scalable". Amazon Pinpoint is most compared with Adobe Campaign and Marketo, whereas Salesforce Marketing Cloud is most compared with Marketo, Oracle Eloqua, HubSpot Marketing Hub, SAP Marketing Cloud and SAS Marketing Automation.

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